title: Necrotizing fasciitis of the chest wall with a retropharyngeal abscess: case report and literature review.
abstract: We herein report a case of a diabetic 49-year-old woman with anterior chest wall necrotizing fasciitis that caused a retropharyngeal abscess and discuss the literature surrounding necrotizing soft tissue infections of the chest wall. The patient was treated with serial wound debridements, antibiotic therapy, and percutaneous drainage and serial irrigation of the retropharyngeal abscess with a silicone catheter. The resulting defect was grafted with a split thickness skin graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical Faculty, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey. tamerseyhan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seyhan
authors.forename: Nilgun M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ertas
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Borman
mesh_terms: D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*